Testing for trend in variability of climate data: Measures and temporal aggregation with applications to Canadian data

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 235-247

  Astatkie, T ^a   Yiridoe, Emmanuel K ^a   Clark, J Stephen ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0347657400     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-003-0017-4     Document Type: Article

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